Noctilien

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Bus service in Paris, France

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::summary Bus service in Paris, France ::

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FieldValue
nameNoctilien
logoNoctilie logo.svg
logo_size200 px
imageBus Noctilien N151 Saint-Lazare.jpg
image_size280 px
image_captionNoctilien Bus at Paris - Gare Saint-Lazare
parentÎle-de-France Mobilités (ex-STIF)
commenced
headquartersParis
service_areaÎle-de-France Region
service_typeBus and Express Bus
allianceFiléo
routes56
stops1239
destinations
hubs
stationsMétro, RER and Transilien stations
depotsRATP & Optile bus centers
fleetCity buses and express coaches
ridershipFrom 22,000 travelers (weeknight) to 36,000 travelers (weekend night) (2016)
annual_ridership9.82 million travelers (2016){{Cite episode
titleLa galère des transports nocturnes
trans-titleThe real hassle of night transports
urlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2g-R-skSlo
access-date27 February 2019
formatTV report
seriesParigo
firstBertrand
lastLambert
publisherYouTube
networkFrance 3
stationParis Île-de-France
date18 December 2017
number13
timefrom 01'30" to 01'37"
time-captionEvent occurs
quoteMagazine of the Paris France 3-TV editorial dedicated to mobility in the Île-de-France region.
languageFrench
operatorRATP
Keolis
Transdev
RATP Cap
SNCF (Transilien)
ceoPresident of Île-de-France Mobilités
leader_typeTransport organizing authority of the Île-de-France region.
websiteRATP
IDFM

| | map_name | Noctilien Network Map in 2018 | | map_state | collapsed | ::

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Transilien | map = | map_name = Noctilien Network Map in 2018 | map_state = collapsed

Noctilien is the night bus service in Paris and its agglomeration. It is managed by the Île-de-France Mobilités (formerly the STIF), the Île-de-France regional public transit authority, and operated by RATP (with 32 lines) and Transilien SNCF (with 21 lines).

It replaced the previous Noctambus service on the night of 20/21 September 2005, providing for a larger number of lines than before and claiming to be better adapted to night-time transport needs.

In place of the previous hub-and-spoke scheme in which all buses terminated at and departed from the heart of Paris at Châtelet , Noctilien's new service includes buses operating between banlieues (the communes surrounding Paris proper) as well as outbound lines running from Paris' four main railway stations: Gare de l'Est, Gare de Lyon, Gare Montparnasse and Gare Saint-Lazare. In addition, these four stations are also connected to each other by a regular night bus service.

Noctilien operates 53 bus lines over the whole of Paris and the Île-de-France region from around 12:30 a.m. when the rail network and the regular daytime bus service ends, until around 05:30 the next morning when they resume service.

It is made up of:

  • 2 circular lines: & running between Paris' major train stations;
  • 6 transversal lines: from to running between different suburbs of Paris via its center at Châtelet ;
  • 21 radial lines (the other 2 digits lines, except N71) running between major Paris stations and more or less its near suburbs;
  • 2 radial long-distance lines: & (subcontracted by the RATP) running between Paris and its remote suburbs;
  • 20 radial long-distance lines (the other 3 digits lines, except N135) running between Paris and its remote suburbs (with often a partly motorway route) and managed by the Transilien SNCF;
  • 2 ring lines in the suburbs: by RATP & by Transilien SNCF.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Bus_Noctilien_-_Gare_de_Lyon.jpg" caption="Several Noctilien Buses at Paris-[[Gare de Lyon]] hub bus station (Rue de Bercy)"] ::

Like Transilien, the name "Noctilien" is formed by analogy with "Francilien" — the French demonym for residents of Île-de-France.

Noctilien lines

The time intervals indicated here concern weekdays. The service is reinforced on Friday and Saturday nights and on days that precede bank holidays.

Line numbering scheme

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Noctilien_N02_Vavin.JPG" caption="Noctilien Bus N02 at Vavin near Paris-[[Gare Montparnasse"] ::

Each bus line number starts with for Noctilien followed by a two or three digit number:

  • 2 digits starting with "N0" for the two "circular" routes
  • 2 digits starting with "N1" for the "transversal" routes
  • 2 digits starting with "N2" for buses running from Châtelet
  • 2 digits starting with "N3" for buses running from Gare de Lyon
  • 2 digits starting with "N4" for buses running from Gare de l'Est
  • 2 digits starting with "N5" for buses running from Gare Saint-Lazare
  • 2 digits starting with "N6" for buses running from Gare Montparnasse
  • 3 digits starting with "N1" for the long-distance buses running to the outer suburbs.

References

References

  1. Region. https://www.iledefrance-mobilites.fr/en/the-network

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